Word: wolf
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Many young people are not really aware of the Holocaust. I think it's important to know that because it indicates what happens when hate and prejudice is carried to its extreme," said Vice Mayor Alice K. Wolf, about the week of remembrance. "we cannot let hate and prejudice seep into even small things in our society...
...Wolf criticized Harvard's intentions to attempt blocking the zoning controls. "Harvard's responsibility as a public body, which is vast because of all its tax-free land, conflicts with its role as a real estate developer," she said...
City Councillor Alice K. Wolf said she was "not surprised that Harvard, an active developer, would decide" to try to prevent the zoning changes...
...turned an even blinder eye to the disease's ravaging of central Africa than it has to the tragedy in the homosexual community--which may reveal something about our prejudices. Recent attempts to make warnings strike "closer to home" can easily have the reverse effect. At best, exaggerated wolf-crying will not, in the long run, teach people caution. At worst, it will cause people to strike back at "them", who they fear are on the verge of spreading the disease to "us", even though the disease increasingly affects all citizens...
...battle represented a Sandinista "invasion" of Honduras. Two years ago he made the same assertion when he sent U.S. helicopters to ferry Honduran troops to the border. That crisis too had flared while he was pressing Congress to reconsider support for the contras. "We've heard the Administration cry 'Wolf! Wolf!' before," said Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd. "I hope it does not prove to be counterproductive ((and)) does not derail the peace process...